Dragonborn:Powers

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This page lists all of the powers, both greater and lesser, in the Dragonborn expansion, as well as all of the abilities available to you. Powers and abilities are special magical capabilities that are innate to your character. Some are received by completing certain quests, or by activating All-Maker Stones. Greater powers have no magicka cost, but can only be used once per day. Lesser Powers may or may not use magicka, but they can be used as often as you like. Abilities are magical effects that are permanently active.

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Your available greater and lesser powers are listed in the magic menu under "Powers". To use a power you must first equip it, which assigns it to the Dragon Shout/Power button. Each greater power can only be used once per game day.

If you begin casting a spell that costs magicka per second (such as Telekinesis) while The Secret of Arcana is active, then after it has expired you may still cast the spell for no cost until you stop casting.

Your available lesser and greater powers are listed in the magic menu under "Powers". To use a power you must first equip it, which it assigns it to the Dragon Shout/Power button. Unlike greater powers, each lesser power can be used an unlimited number of times per day.

Abilities are constant-effect characteristics, which are listed in the magic menu under "Active Effects" (along with enchantments, diseases, and other active effects). Some of these abilities are gained from reading Hermaeus Mora's Black Books and completing the associated quests. Only one ability can be selected at a time, per book.

Blessings are similar to abilities, but are listed on a separate page.

Note that while books you have not read grant you two skill points, books you have already read will not grant you an extra skill point if you read them again, so you'll get the most benefit from this if you get it fairly early in the game (or you've just been ignoring skill books until now).

This ability suffers the same rare bug mentioned on the Skill Books page, causing the skill to increase by only one instead of two points.